protecting hawaii’s unique birds from domestic cats jack jeffrey

Protecting Hawaii’s Unique Birds

From Domestic Cats Jack Jeffrey

Hawaii’s Bird Extinction Crisis:

* Habitat loss & fragmentation

* Over-hunting

* Invasive plants

* Invasive predators, including domestic cats

* Disease spread by mosquitoes

* Habitat degradation by feral pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle.

Cat Predation Impacts on Islands

“Probably no other alien predator has had such a universally

damaging effect on seabirds.”

Moors & Atkinson, 1984

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (`Ua`U Kani)

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Cat-free Moku`auia:

62% of burrows produced chicks

Malaekahana with cats:

* 20% of burrows produced chicks

* 0 burrows produced

chicks at the

colony closest

to cats

Cat-killed Wedge-tailed Shearwater

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Palila (Hawaiian Honeycreeper)

`Alala (Hawaiian Crow)

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Hawaiian Petrel (`Ua`u)

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Nene (Hawaiian Goose)

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Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR)

Outdoor Cats Risk:

Getting hit by cars

Disease

Attacks by dogs

Parasites

Becoming lost,

stolen, or

poisoned

Keeping Cats Happy Indoors

Stray Cat Sanctuaries

Rikki’s Refuge, VA

For more information:

Visit www.dofaw.net

Or

www.abcbirds.org/cats

Photo Credits

Kim Brink

Dan Castillo, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Irene Davy, Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

Alan Hopkins, Golden Gate Audubon Society

Jack Jeffrey, Jack Jeffrey Photography

Merrie Morrison, American Bird Conservancy

Sheldon Plentovich, University of Hawaii

Jeff Price, American Bird Conservancy

Gavin Shire, American Bird Conservancy

Eric VanderWerf, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Linda Winter, American Bird Conservancy